30 photos of vintage Lyon metal kitchen cabinets – and some history on St. Charles kitchens — over on Postwar Steel Forum

Be sure to see the 28 photos of a great vintage Lyon steel kitchen — two-toned — on the Forum under All About Lyons. An awesome kitchen that includes one of those GE refrigerators that was designed to look like a wall cabinet… a built in Nutone food center… and more. Georgeous, and thanks to Scathing Jane for spotting it!

Also, some new history on St. Charles steel kitchen cabinets – also courtesy of our newest cabinet scout, SJ!

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I grew up in a Levitt development built in 1962. My friend who grew up in the house next door to mine just went through cleaning out the house she grew up in and selling it after her father passed away. The house still had the original metal cabinets, light fixtures, and GE range. Original metal louvered bifold closet doors and other details. It was a definite walk down memory lane. I hope the person who bought it appreciates some of the vintage items. The kitchen alone could be a Levitt museum!! It looked very similar to what is pictured here.

Help! I have the exact Lyon kitchen cabinets in the first picture above! I need a latch for one of the doors, can anyone tell me where to get a replacement handle with spring latch that holds the door closed on the pins? Thanks!

Greg, you would likely have better luck with this over to the Forum: https://retrorenovation.com/forum … Note: No known solutions for any hinges latches etc. for ANY vintage steel cabinets — except to jimmy a solution or look for NOS. Good luck.

I have an old metal kitchen cabinet, formica top with stainless steel framing around the top. I has 2 drawers and cabinets underneath. I dont know how old this is, nor can I see what brand or type it is anywhere on it.
Any hints to find out what it is? Its extremely heavy, is on some sort of wheels.

We just picked up our new St Charles kitchen cabinets yesterday. I have a pile of cabinets sitting in my kitchen right now. Last week we put a deposit on the cabinets when we just happened to go to a Reconnstruction Center place in New Britain, CT. We were only looking for a sink. Lo and behold there was this lovely set of cabinets for pretty cheap we thought. We loved the color and the style so we bought them on the spot. I went home and looked them up and found this great website that Pam runs. I went to the forum and the cabinets that we had just bought were on the forum listed as “for sale”. It’s been fun learning all about these cabinets and seeing all of the cool designs folks have come up with. If you go to my blog post for Aug. 4 you can see the pile of them in the kitchen. I’ll post more as we move along. So happy to have found such and informative site! Thanks!

I really enjoyed the photos of your metal kitchen cabinets. So many drawers, niches, and that spice cabinet….ooooh-la-la!! I have metal in my kitchen, lived with them for 20 years. Big double kitchen sink, lazy susan and corner cabinets. People come in and think they are so vintage. But my house was built in1912, so they must have been quite the upgrade in the 40’s or 50’s, who knows? I’ve been married 29 years, and never had a dishwasher. I think I’m going to reno my whole kitchen with wood cabinets in white, so I too will be looking for a buyer for my very strong, in great shape vintage beauties. From Montana

Judy, all buying/selling needs to go over to our Forum, which is SPECIFICALLY about buying/selling vintage steel kitchen cabinets. Start to watch it like a hawk, and you will eventually find what you need! — https://retrorenovation.com/forums

Hi Judy,
There are 2 different handles on my cabinets. I really need to find out more “how to” to get some photos up, and learn more about forum to keep on the up and up with retrorenovation. I am so encouraged with your response though. The other thing is, we live in Montana and won’t be reno-ing my kitchen until spring now. So, guess we have a little time to talk.